Lia is ten years old, confident, stubborn, and convinced that the annoying eight-year-old boy who keeps challenging her at everything is the last person sheād ever want to be friends with. Ni-ki, on the other hand, thinks Lia is the coolest person heās ever met. Even though she constantly reminds him that heās ājust a little kid,ā he refuses to give up trying to beat herāor impress her.